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A carnivorous animal in the same family as weasels, badgers, mink etc. that lives primarily on a diet of fish but also includes frogs, crayfish, crabs and even a few waterfowl.
A coat of long guard hairs over their insulated underfur keeps them warm and dry so they can stay comfortable throughout the North American winters. They are very successful at hunting prey in our rivers, streams and ponds aided by their webbed feet, long muscular tail and sharp claws coupled with the ability to hold their breath for extended periods. As a preventative measure to becoming waterlogged they do spend a lot of time on land and enter the water only to hunt or travel much unlike the sea otters that spend most of their lives in the ocean. An overland sprint of 10 to 18 miles while searching for prey is not uncommon.
River otters seem to have the ability to live alone or in pairs but are quick to socialize in groups when other members are encountered. After mating and going through a gestation period of 80 - 90 days a female will give birth to 1 - 5 pups in a den called a holt or couch which she excavates under tree roots or a cache of rocks. Prior to the birth the female called a bitch or sow will drive the male (dog or boar) away and the pups or cubs will be tended to by the female and older offspring if still around. The pups will begin emerging from the den at about 1 month of age and mom will entice them into the water for their first swim at about 2 months. After the pups are weaned dad may return and help raise the juveniles until probably 1 year of age. Females attain sexual maturity at 2 years of age and males at 3.
River otters range in size from 10 to 33 lbs and 2.5 to 5 ' in length with females being about 1/3 the size of males. When not hunting prey they spend much time playing and frolicking with each other. This individual is one of a trio that has clawed its way onto the ice to enjoy the spoils caught underwater.
Just saw Laurie - Bei Bei weighed in at 85 lbs!!! Still loves to play rough and tumble with his mama.
I lost count at how manytimes I woke up at stupid o'clock for a sunrise only to be disapointed with a grey overcast or clear blue sky instead. So imagine my excitment when I was driving to my location and I started to see the sky light up behind the mountains. There was one problem though, I was a few minutes away from the trailhead and still had to hike 2km. I started to worry I simply wouldn't make it on time. I had no idea I had it in me to sprint for 2km with a 40 lbs camera backpack on my back, but with the right motivation, I guess anything is possible! Once I got to the spot, the sky was on fire and the sunrise was at its peak. I didn't even have time to catch my breath, I setup the camera and started shooting.
This image is a focus stack of 2 photos plus a third darker exposure blended in for the sky in order to preserve the details in the highlights.
Masai Mara National Park
Kenya
East Africa
The African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a large Sub-Saharan African bovine. Syncerus caffer caffer, the Cape buffalo, is the typical subspecies found in South and East Africa. The adult buffalo's horns are its characteristic feature: they have fused bases, forming a continuous bone shield across the top of the head referred to as a "boss".
Cape Buffalo are suspected to kill around 200 people every year. They typically will charge and gore their victims and have been known to trample people as well. When you see Cape Buffalo roaming in Africa, they're usually not alone and an injured cape buffalo is even more dangerous and unpredictable than a healthy one.
Weighing in at over 1500 lbs, even most lions don't dare bother hunting this aggressive beast unless the lions are in a huge pride. – Wikipedia
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443 miles,
460 HP V8,
Light jade diamond Fire, paint,
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4000 lbs,
400 lbs, lighter than MK IV,
Martin Auto Museum,
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EI-LBS - Boeing B-757-2Q8/W - Aer Lingus
(leased from ILFC - operated by Air Contractors)
at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)
Berlin-Tegel Airport, Germany (EDDT/TXL),
August 29, 2015,
Austrian Airlines, OE-LBS, Airbus A320-214, cn 1189
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Weight - 7,000 lbs (about 3 tons)
Horsepower - 36000hp
Top speed - about 370mph (that's 590kmh)
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A large wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) snoozes in the sun on a bed of snow in the Yukon Wildlife Preserve near Whitehorse, Yukon Territories. The wood bison is a threatened northern subspecies of the American bison, and is the largest terrestrial land mammal in North America, weighing up to 2000 lbs. After near extermination in the 1900s, a remnant population was discovered in North Alberta (now Wood Buffalo National Park) and the species has made a slow recovery to ~2500 individuals.
06/11/2106 www.allenfotowild.com